Lora Hollingsworth, P.E. Chief Safety Officer
Traffic Records Safety
The traffic records system (TRS) is necessary to support highway
and traffic safety decision-making and long-range transportation
planning. A complete TRS is necessary for identifying the locations
and causes of crashes, for planning and implementing
countermeasures, for operational management and control, and for
evaluating highway safety programs and improvements. Programs
receiving grant funding in this priority area are focused the
improvement of collection and analysis of traffic data such as:
Crash Data: documents the time, location, environment, and characteristics (e.g., sequence of events, rollover, etc.) of a crash
Roadway Data: Component includes roadway location, identification, and classification, as well as a description of a roads total physical characteristics and usage.
Driver Data: information about the State's population of licensed drivers as well as information about convicted traffic violators who are not licensed in that State.
Vehicle Data: includes information on the identification and ownership of vehicles registered in the State.
Citation/Adjudication Data: identifies citation/arrest and adjudication activity of the State, includes information that tracks a citation from the time of its distribution to a law enforcement officer, through its issuance to an offender, its disposition, and the posting of conviction in the driver history database.
Statewide Injury Surveillance System (SWISS) Data: incorporates pre-hospital (EMS), trauma, emergency department (ED), hospital in-patient/discharge, rehabilitation and morbidity databases to track injury causes, magnitude, costs, and outcomes.
The Florida Traffic Records Coordinating Committee (TRCC) was developed to provide a forum for the creation, implementation, and management of a traffic safety information system that will provide accessible, accurate, complete, consistent, integrated, and timely traffic records data to the State of Florida. The TRCC includes policy level representatives of the following data systems: Crash Data, Roadway Inventory (GIS), Citation/Adjudication, EMS/Injury Control, Driver License/Driver History, and Vehicle Registration. Grant funding for Traffic Records will be based on the priorities determined by the TRCC and State Safety Office.